Appellate court

Nightmare

State governments are permanently taking hundreds of children from their parents—under a bizarre theory that they might, in the future, be too mentally ill to care for the young.

Contraception

The Court extended an injunction from earlier this month allowing the Little Sisters of the Poor to avoid self-certifying under Obamacare's contraception mandate.

Town Business?

Should a New York town board start sessions with Christian prayers? That’s what the court will hear this week—and the right ruling is clear despite varying judicial decisions on prayer.